From July 31 next year, all ICANN-accredited registrars will be contractually obliged to lock domain names that are subject to a UDRP and trademark owners will no longer have to tip off the registrant they’re targeting.
Many major registrars lock domain names under UDRP review already, but there’s no uniformity across the industry, either in terms of what a lock entails or when it is implemented.
Under the amended UDRP policy,“lock” is defined as:
"a set of measures that a registrar applies to a domain name, which prevents at a minimum any modification to the registrant and registrar information by the Respondent, but does not affect the resolution of the domain name or the renewal of the domain name."
Registrars will have two business days from the time they are notified about the UDRP to put the lock in place.
Read the ICANN announcement
Many major registrars lock domain names under UDRP review already, but there’s no uniformity across the industry, either in terms of what a lock entails or when it is implemented.
Under the amended UDRP policy,“lock” is defined as:
"a set of measures that a registrar applies to a domain name, which prevents at a minimum any modification to the registrant and registrar information by the Respondent, but does not affect the resolution of the domain name or the renewal of the domain name."
Registrars will have two business days from the time they are notified about the UDRP to put the lock in place.
Read the ICANN announcement
